The Roman mysteries omnibus

the long version

The thieves of Ostia: Flavia Gemina is brilliant at finding things, so it's natural for her to solve mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome in AD79, she acquires a gang of three friends who help her. The group of children from very different backgrounds work together to discover who beheaded a pet dog - and why. The secrets of Vesuvius: Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster. The pirates of Pompeii: AD 79. Following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii, thousands of people huddle in refugee camps along the Bay of Naples. Among them are Flavia Gemina and her friends who discover that children are being taken from the camps. Soon they encounter the pirates of Pompeii.